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  2. Water supply network - Wikipedia

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    The water in the supply network is maintained at positive pressure to ensure that water reaches all parts of the network, that a sufficient flow is available at every take-off point and to ensure that untreated water in the ground cannot enter the network. The water is typically pressurised by pumping the water into storage tanks constructed at ...

  3. Water distribution system - Wikipedia

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    Water distribution network is the term for the portion of a water distribution system up to the service points of bulk water consumers or demand nodes where many consumers are lumped together. [5] The World Health Organization (WHO) uses the term water transmission system for a network of pipes, generally in a tree-like structure, that is used ...

  4. Water storage - Wikipedia

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    Water storage. Water storage is a broad term referring to storage of both potable water for consumption, and non potable water for use in agriculture. In both developing countries and some developed countries found in tropical climates, there is a need to store potable drinking water during the dry season. In agriculture water storage, water is ...

  5. New York City water supply system - Wikipedia

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    The water system has a storage capacity of 550 billion US gal (2.1 billion m 3) and provides over 1.2 billion US gal (4.5 million m 3) per day of drinking water to more than eight million city residents, and another one million users in four upstate counties bordering on the system.

  6. Pumped-storage hydroelectricity - Wikipedia

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    Water requirements for PSH are small: about 1 gigalitre of initial fill water per gigawatt-hour of storage. This water is recycled uphill and back downhill between the two reservoirs for many decades, but evaporation losses (beyond what rainfall and any inflow from local waterways provide) must be replaced.

  7. List of ports in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Top 25 water ports by tonnage. This is a list of ports of the United States, ranked by tonnage. Ports in the United States handle a wide variety of goods that are critical to the global economy, including petroleum, grain, steel, automobiles, and containerized goods. See the articles on individual ports for more information, including history ...

  8. Small businesses face new threat: ballooning rents - AOL

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    In fact, there is evidence that small business rent inflation exceeds that of U.S. households. The average monthly share of rent in total payments through May is 9.1% for small businesses – a ...

  9. Water supply - Wikipedia

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    Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes. Public water supply systems are crucial to properly functioning societies. These systems are what supply drinking water to populations around the globe. [1]